Current Research

Dr. Dell’s research is grounded in a community-based participatory approach, and through which the findings are naturally translated into action. Her currently funded research projects focus on the relationship between identity and healing from drug addiction, substance abuse programming, self-harm, animal assisted interventions, program evaluation and the connection between youth resiliency and inhalant abuse. Her research areas are specific to First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, drug using populations, and criminalized women.

2010, Top 10 Research Success Story, 10th Anniversary Special Issue of Intersections, CIHR, Institute of Gender and Health.

2011, From Stilettos to Moccasins: A Guide for Group Discussion. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation Supplement, Co-Principal Investigator. ($98,782).